Impact of molecular solvophobicity vs. solvophilicity on device performances of dimeric perylene diimide based solution-processed non-fullerene organic solar cells

Solution-Processed DPP-Based Small Molecule that Gives High Photovoltaic Efficiency with Judicious Device Optimization

(2013) Jianhua Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The leverage effect of the relative strength of molecular solvophobicity vs. solvophilicity on fine-tuning nanomorphologies of perylene diimide bolaamphiphiles

(2013) Zhigang Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Small-Molecule Photovoltaics Based on Functionalized Squaraine Donor Blends

(2012) Xin Xiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Effect in Dithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers

(2012) Hae Jung Son et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High Mobility, Air Stable, Organic Single Crystal Transistors of an n-Type Diperylene Bisimide

(2012) Aifeng Lv et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Solution-Processed Titanium Chelate as Electron-Collecting Layer on ITO Electrode

(2012) Zhan'ao Tan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Non-Fullerene Small Molecule as Efficient Electron Acceptor in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Yan Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improved Charge Transport and Absorption Coefficient in Indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based Ladder-Type Polymer Leading to Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Yun-Xiang Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pushing Fullerene Absorption into the Near-IR Region by Conjugately Fusing Oligothiophenes

(2012) Zuo Xiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A 3D star-shaped non-fullerene acceptor for solution-processed organic solar cells with a high open-circuit voltage of 1.18 V

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Synthesis of a New Ladder-Type Benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene) Arene with Forced Planarization Leading to an Enhanced Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaics

(2012) Yung-Lung Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Prominent Short-Circuit Currents of Fluorinated Quinoxaline-Based Copolymer Solar Cells with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.0%

(2012) Hsieh-Chih Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Self-Assembly Phase Diagram from Amphiphilic Perylene Diimides

(2012) Zhigang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Large-scale, ultra-dense and vertically standing zinc phthalocyanine π–π stacks as a hole-transporting layer on an ITO electrode

(2012) Zhenhuan Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Functional fullerenes for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Chang-Zhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bithiopheneimide–Dithienosilole/Dithienogermole Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells: Information from Structure–Property–Device Performance Correlations and Comparison to Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Analogues

(2012) Xugang Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene- and Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low-Bandgap Polymers Designed for Single Junction and Tandem Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Letian Dou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tandem polymer solar cells featuring a spectrally matched low-bandgap polymer

(2012) Letian Dou et al.   Nature Photonics

Effects of structure-manipulated molecular stacking on solid-state optical properties and device performances

(2012) Jianhua Huang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis and charge-transporting properties of electron-deficient CN2–fluorene based D–A copolymers

(2012) Jianhua Huang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Simultaneous Enhancement of Open-Circuit Voltage, Short-Circuit Current Density, and Fill Factor in Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Zhicai He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Development of Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole as a Structural Unit for a Polymer Solar Cell of 7 % Efficiency

(2011) Huaxing Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

All-Polymer Solar Cells from Perylene Diimide Based Copolymers: Material Design and Phase Separation Control

(2011) Erjun Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

1,4-Fullerene Derivatives: Tuning the Properties of the Electron Transporting Layer in Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Alessandro Varotto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers

(2011) Lijun Huo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies of 2.5% using Benzothiadiazole/Imide-Based Acceptors

(2011) Jason T. Bloking et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Perylene Diimide: Versatile Building Blocks for Molecular Self-Assemblies, Folding Motifs, and Reaction-Directing Codes

(2011) Chuanglang Zhan et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Organic non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

(2011) Prashant Sonar et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Material and Energy Intensity of Fullerene Production

(2011) Annick Anctil et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Relationship between Diode Saturation Current and Open Circuit Voltage in Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Solar Cells as a Function of Device Architecture, Processing Conditions, and Alkyl Side Chain Length

(2011) Derek M. Stevens et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Dithienogermole As a Fused Electron Donor in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Chad M. Amb et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Self-Assembled Hollow Nanospheres Strongly Enhance Photoluminescence

(2011) Damei Ke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Using Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]silole Copolymer with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.3%

(2011) Ta-Ya Chu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A recyclable supramolecular membrane for size-selective separation of nanoparticles

(2011) Elisha Krieg et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Facile synthesis of 1-bromo-7-alkoxyl perylene diimide dyes: toward unsymmetrical functionalizations at the 1,7-positions

(2011) Xin Zhang et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Nitrile-Substituted QA Derivatives: New Acceptor Materials for Solution-Processable Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Tianlei Zhou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effect of Charge Recombination on the Fill Factor of Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Yuan Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Polythiophene:Perylene Diimide Solar Cells - the Impact of Alkyl-Substitution on the Photovoltaic Performance

(2011) Valentin Kamm et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Small-Molecule, Nonfullerene Acceptors for Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics†

(2010) John E. Anthony   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

An unexpected solvent effect on the self-assembly of a 1,7-bis-pyridinoyl perylene diimide amphiphile

(2010) Shuangping Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Solution processable low bandgap diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based derivatives: novel acceptors for organic solar cells

(2010) Prashant Sonar et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Tuning the Charge-Transport Parameters of Perylene Diimide Single Crystals via End and/or Core Functionalization: A Density Functional Theory Investigation

(2010) M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Efficient and Stable Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Cross-Linked Fullerene Material as an Interlayer

(2010) Chao-Hsiang Hsieh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Indene−C60Bisadduct: A New Acceptor for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2010) Youjun He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structural Model of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Obtained by Electron Diffraction Analysis

(2010) Navaphun Kayunkid et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells

(2010) Youjun He et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A survey of electron-deficient pentacenes as acceptors in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2010) Ying Shu et al.   Chemical Science

A Small Molecule Non-fullerene Electron Acceptor for Organic Solar Cells

(2010) Paul E. Schwenn et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Strain and Hückel Aromaticity: Driving Forces for a Promising New Generation of Electron Acceptors in Organic Electronics

(2009) F. G. Brunetti et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Regioselective Ru-Catalyzed Direct 2,5,8,11-Alkylation of Perylene Bisimides

(2009) Satomi Nakazono et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Quantitative nanoscale monitoring the effect of annealing process on the morphology and optical properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene)/[6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester thin film used in photovoltaic devices

(2009) Yu-Ching Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Swallow-Tail Substituted Liquid Crystalline Perylene Bisimides: Synthesis and Thermotropic Properties

(2009) André Wicklein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Air-Stable n-Channel Organic Thin Film Transistors Based on Halogenated Perylene Bisimide Semiconductors

(2009) Rüdiger Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Manipulating single-wall carbon nanotubes by chemical doping and charge transfer with perylene dyes

(2009) Christian Ehli et al.   Nature Chemistry

The stabilization of fused-pentagon fullerene molecules

(2009) Yuan-Zhi Tan et al.   Nature Chemistry

Vesicular perylene dye nanocapsules as supramolecular fluorescent pH sensor systems

(2009) Xin Zhang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Highly Regiospecific Synthetic Approach to Monobay-Functionalized Perylene Bisimide and Di(perylene bisimide)

(2009) Yonggang Zhen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Improving performance of polymer photovoltaic devices using an annealing-free approach via construction of ordered aggregates in solution

(2008) Ligui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Formation of Supramolecular Polymers and Discrete Dimers of Perylene Bisimide Dyes Based on Melamine−Cyanurates Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions

(2008) Tomohiro Seki et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY